I still don't see it...
Posted on 11/29/2010 7:22:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
(CNSNews.com) -- The federally funded National Portrait Gallery, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, is currently showing an exhibition that features images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show's catalog as "homoerotic."
The exhibit, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” opened on Oct. 30 and will run throughout the Christmas Season, closing on Feb. 13.
“This is an exhibition that displays masterpieces of American portraiture and we wanted to illustrate how questions of biography and identity went into the making of images that are canonical,” David C. Ward, a National Portrait Gallery (NGP) historian who is also co-curator of the exhibit, told CNSNews.com.
A plaque fixed to the wall at the entrance to the exhibit says that the National Portrait Gallery is “committed to showing how a major theme in American history has been the struggle for justice so that people and groups can claim their full inheritance in America’s promise of equality, inclusion, and social dignity. As America’s museum of national biography, the NPG is also vitally interested in the art of portrayal and how portraiture reflects our ideas about ourselves and others.
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How about a display of the bronzed Gurnee limo?
That is just sooooooooooo open minded and refreshing, I bet God is really impressed with his creation—NOT
Ellen DeGeneres has breasts? Who knew?
“a major theme in American history has been the struggle for justice so that people and groups can claim their full inheritance in America’s promise of equality, inclusion, and social dignity”
In other words, smut.
Smithsonian was always liberal but they were at least cultural back in the day....if they’re going to cover Jesus in ants, can smashing the Hope Diamond, or the Spirit of St. Louis be far behind? They’re symbols of white male oppression after all.
What the hell is wrong with these people?
It isn’t enough that some Sheit simple moron paints crap like this, the powers that be at the Smithsonian describe it as art.
It’s garbage .
When are people finally going to rise up and say enough is enough??
Washington is crying out for a tax revolt.
I will not support Smithsonian.
It’s unconstitional to display a manger scene in a City Hall park, but it’s OK to put a sacreligious image on display in a government museum. Does that even make sense?
Sense? From liberal God hating atheists?
No, no sense. Just this kind of stuff.
Ever notice that this kind of thing ALWAYS happens around either Christmas or Easter?
Here. Here’s an antidote.
Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2633892/posts
I still don't see it...
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Wow! That’s a classic. Hey, I’ll bet it would look really good painted on velvet. You could sell a million of them.
this liberal crap just never ends does it...
That is real art.
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